The ACLs that were added to Linux were a step in the
right direction but very incomplete. What should be is
a complex permission system that would allow fine
grained permissions and inherentance masks to control
what permission are granted when someone moves new
files into a directory. Instead of just root and users
there would be mid level roles where users and objects
had management authority over parts of the system and
the roles can be defined in a very flexible way. For
example, rights might change during "business hours".
The problem with complex permission systems is, well, they are complex...
I'd still go for the UNIX KISS philosophy and the rather easy permission
system, as it is easier to manage. Windows has all that great permission
stuff, but if you look at the reality, hardly anybody uses it due to its
complexity.
Tim
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